With Cafe del Sol closed for February, the Floyd Country Store will extend its operating hours, opening two hours early at 8 a.m. on weekdays to serve coffee and breakfast pastries to the caffeine addicted. Store manager David Wood said Saturday the store would try to help fill the void left for caffeine addicts during [...]

The thermometer reads 14 degrees — two digits down from an hour ago. The predicted high today is 29 but yesterday’s high was predicted to be in the 20s and it never got above 16. The National Weather Service sums it up in four words: “Clear and bitterly cold.” Roads remain slick and snow packed. [...]

In what has become a familiar pattern in this extreme winter, Floyd Countians dealt with another wintry Saturday that disrupted the normal weekend routine. In Floyd, a sign in the door of Blue Ridge Restaurant said “closed due to weather.” Other businesses shuttered as well. The Floyd Country Store was open, serving lunches and hot [...]

Been there, done that, shoveled out. The snow began earlier than forecasts predicted, fell heavier than expected and now will accumulate more than anticipated. Early estimates said 4-6 inches, then 6-8 and now sit at 10-14. A winter storm watch issued by the National Weather Service remains in effect until 6 p.m. Saturday. National Guard [...]

For the second time in this 2009-2010 winter of extremes, snow has canceled Floyd’s famous Friday Night Jamboree. Floyd Country Store officials pulled the plug early Friday as a weather front that threatens to dump 6-8 inches or more on Southwestern Virginia approached from the Southwest. The Dec. 18 storm that left up to two [...]